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Facebook exec considers California AG job in 2010

Apr. 29, 2009
The chief privacy officer of networking Web site Facebook says he's considering running to be California's attorney general in 2010. Chris Kelly said Wednesday he formed an exploratory committee to consider a campaign to be the state's chief law enforcement...
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PALO ALTO, Calif., March 11 (UPI) -- Arabic and Hebrew versions of the popular social networking Web site, Facebook, are now available, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has announced.

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Facebook axes 'dead babies' group

LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Social networking Web site Facebook has removed a group titled "Dead Babies Make Me Laugh" after protests from mothers in Britain who had lost children.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. social networking site Facebook is in the process of switching its millions of users to a new design, a move that doesn't make everyone happy.

Muslim cleric decries Facebook

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 31 (UPI) -- A Saudi woman's alleged death at her father's hands has been cited by a Muslim cleric in his criticism of the Internet social networking site Facebook.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Some U.S. Christian teens and young adults are replacing fatty foods or meat with social networking Web sites as the thing they prefer to give up for for Lent.

Microsoft said eyeing 5 pct Facebook buy

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. is talking with Facebook Inc. about buying 5 percent of the U.S. social-networking Web site for up to $500 million, a report said Monday.

Facebook spawns new boy band

LONDON, July 22 (UPI) -- The social networking Web site Facebook has a new claim to fame -- the creation of its first "boy band," a British quartet of classical musicians.

Authorities say predator used Facebook.com

FOX LAKE, Ill., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Authorities say a Fox Lake, Ill., man used social networking site Facebook.com to attempt to lure a minor to his house for sex.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch